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This is the Conversation Forum for Helene Hanff - Author Leo Marks >> Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 5, 2008 by CRich70   Posting 1 I love to roam round in a bookstore. There's a 2nd hand bookstore (called Fireside books) here (Monroe Wisconsin) where I live and it's always good to be able to spend a bit of time looking round at old friends and seeing if I can find new arrivals. No website for the store but people have visited from all over the place from what I understand. You can't beat the pleasure of reading a good book. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 5, 2008 by myk6629129 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Where i live in Rochester Kent England , there are a few very old bookshops crammed full of old books each a gem; one claims to be the biggest secondhand bookstore in the country " Baggins Book Bazarre", a gem 3 ( or is it 4 ? ) floors or creaking shelves and floorboards; brilliant; yet another shop 20 yds along the road " The Backroom Bookstore" is a typical tiny store with floor to ceiling antique books and an antiuqe cash register in one corner on the way out with giant lever keys and a worn wooden stool sitting underneath. Old bookshops are friendly places eh? I put a picture of that first bookshop on this site last night funnily enough, here have a look: http://michaelosullivan.deviantart.com/art/Books-97020933 I would like to read that book now. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 6, 2008 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin" This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Pratechett, of course, says that large collections of books bend the rules of time and space. And second-hand bookshops are especially inclined to this. He's right, you know. TRiG. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 6, 2008 by myk6629129 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 You ever watch "MR Ben" when you were a kid? Funny i mentioned Mr |Ben on another thread the other day actually, but yes seconhand bookshops are a bit like that without the dressing up sometimes , eh? Havnt seen him in a long time , maybe he's gone to Discworld, wherever that is? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 6, 2008 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin" This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 I watched very little television then or now. Thunderbirds was, I think, the only show I watched as a kid. It had me jumping off tables pretending to be a rocket launching into space. TRiG. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 6, 2008 by myk6629129 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 I'm glad you never watched some mothers do ave em. lol Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 6, 2008 by CRich70 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 I watch very little regular tv anymore. Mostly classic movies on DVD, Old Time Radio programs and of course reading. Can't beat classic cinema, some of the old time radio programs are head and shoulders above what's on tv today as well, and of course books are always there to show you a good time as you read them. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Bookshops Posted Sep 6, 2008 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin" This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 Do you get BBC 7? Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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